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Sunday, Dec 7, 2025

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Beth Butler breezes into NCAAs

Author: Livingston Burgess A pair of Middlebury women's track team athletes took some difficult strides this weekend in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships at Wesleyan University. Both Beth Butler '07 and Jen Brenes '09, despite not reaching the highest-level goals they had ...


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As Told by A.S.

Author: Andrew Schlegel The rivalry between Duke and the University of North Carolina is arguably one of the most intense and exciting in sports. Just ask Tyler Hansbrough, the Carolina center who was given a bloody nose by Blue Devil Gerald Henderson with only 14.5 seconds left in what became a 14-point ...


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Sports Briefs

Author: David Infante Several squash stars play at PennThree Middlebury squash players spent the weekend at the University of Pennsylvania competing in the College Squash Association (CSA) Individual Championships. Hannah Baker '07 was the biggest story, as she reached the quarterfinals of the women's ...


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As Told by A.S.

Author: Andrew Schlegel The NBA Draft has always been a menace to NCAA basketball. Fans and commentators alike have thought that the competition of college basketball is destroyed when the premiere players leave school early to play professionally.Before the most recent NBA draft, many of the top college ...


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Hockey had udder control

Author: Jeff Patterson "At forward, a sophomore from Lake Placid, New York, number 24 Jamie McKenna," said public address announcer Dave Sears as he finished introducing the Panthers' starting lineup for the opening game of the NESCAC Tournament versus Williams. And right on cue, number 14 Jamie McKenna ...


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Men wage water war on Williams

Author: Allison Ortega Over Winter Carnival weekend, the men's Middlebury swimming and diving team headed to Bowdoin's Leroy Greason Pool for the grueling three-day NESCAC Championships. Waiting there was the four-time defending champion Williams, who had provided the lone blemish on Middlebury's otherwise ...


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Green teams (Dartmouth, UVM) were money in the Nordic events

Author: Geoff Homer Under cold but clear skies, the Nordic ski team placed third overall as they hosted the Middlebury Carnival at the Carroll and Jane Rikert Ski Touring Center. The Winter Carnival doubled as the Eastern Championships, and was the last opportunity for the skiers to get a bid to the ...


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Overtime thriller was a killer for the Panthers

Author: Seth Miran The game was supposed to be played a week earlier, but two feet of snow fell from the sky on the original game day, postponing it until last Tuesday evening. The match-up was worth the wait, as the top-ranked Plattsburgh State Cardinals traveled across Lake Champlain and topped the ...


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Sports Briefs

Author: Jeff Patterson Butler '07 named all-New EnglandSenior track star Beth Butler set a new school record in the 800- meter run at the Open New England Championships last weekend, which were held at Boston University. Her time of 2:16.13 was good enough for seventh place in that race, 4.34 seconds ...


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Hosts come close but find no victory cigar

Author: Anna Furney Andrew "Billy" Wagner's '09 win in the men's giant slalom and Lindsay Brush's '07 third place finish in the women's giant slalom on Saturday highlighted the Panther alpine ski team's third place finish in the 84th Middlebury Carnival. Over the course of the two-day race series, skiers ...


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Panthers ousted in overtime

Author: Jeff Patterson In basketball, momentum is crucial, and sometimes a game's outcome is determined simply by which team is able to string together a better run at the end. That was certainly the case in Middlebury's NESCAC quarterfinal game, in which the Panthers ended their 2006-2007 campaign ...


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Skiing wins a bronze again

Author: Anna Furney Middlebury's ski team finished third out of fourteen teams over the weekend at Williams' Winter Carnival. Following strong performances by both the men's and women's teams, the Panthers delivered a passionate response to what was a challenging weekend for the team both emotionally ...


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Track team too tiny to win

Author: Livingston Burgess Coach Martin Beatty led eight women and six men into Lewiston, Maine for the Division III New England Championships, where, despite not contending for any team honors, strong individual performances were in no short supply.The women's side was highlighted by the multi-event ...


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Women swimmers get lapped by Williams

Author: Allison Ortega Riding a six-meet winning streak in a season characterized by unprecedented success, the Women's swimming and diving team entered the NESCAC championship at Williams College's Muir-Samuelson Pool in strong contention for victory. In the meet's opening event, Barbara Van Der Veer ...


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Tufts Jumbos jump over Panthers

Author: Andrew Donnantuono The women's basketball team was eliminated from the NESCAC Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 17, when it lost at Tufts 65-50. It was a tough end of the season for the Panthers, who lost nine of their final 12 games to finish with a 12-13 record.Against the Jumbos, though, the Panthers ...


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Seniors shine on Senior Night

Author: Seth Miran Ninety-six wins, ten losses and three ties - that was the career record of the seniors on this year's women's hockey team heading into their final NESCAC regular season contest on Saturday, Feb. 18. When you add their two NESCAC championships and three NCAA titles, you have an impressive ...


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As Told by A.S.

Author: Andrew Schlegel This year's NBA All-Star weekend took place in Las Vegas, Nev. The slam dunk contest followed the three-point shootout and the skills challenge to cap off an impressive Saturday night. Gerald Green of the Boston Celtics revolutionized the dunk contest and sent the crowd home ...